http://www.wecanmakeadifference.org.nz/ohml/blog/articles/2006/11/01/test-post en-us 40 Cardiovascular disease (heart, stroke and blood vessel disease) is the leading cause of death in New Zealand, accounting for 40% of all deaths in 2000. 22% of those deaths were from coronary heart disease (CHD), 8% from diseases of the heart and circulation, and 10% from cerebrovascular disease (stroke). Admissions to public hospitals for coronary heart disease totalled 29,456 in 2000-2001, 59% men and 41% women. The death rate from CHD is more than twice as high for men than women. The NZ Heart Foundation has further information at http://www.nhf.org.nz/index.asp?PageID=2145822072 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:29:00 +1300 urn:uuid:95b6f2f8-bfe1-4097-a8d7-370fdc0b6dcc Nathan Donaldson http://www.wecanmakeadifference.org.nz/ohml/blog/articles/2006/11/01/test-post DHB GP Community In the industrialised nations stroke is a leading cause of physical disability and its international significance is accelerating rapidly as life expectancy increases around the globe. But stroke has been a much neglected Cinderella of cardiovascular disease. The BMJ editorial 'Please put out that cigarette, grandpa', discusses this further: <a href="http://tc.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/8/2/125">http://tc.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/8/2/125</a> Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:29:58 +1300 urn:uuid:c8f2e775-3e09-4f53-9b21-e9dd5f24cb92 http://www.wecanmakeadifference.org.nz/ohml/blog/articles/2006/11/01/test-post#comment-2